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@ Brian861 was a great series but Drawing of the Three is a big stand out for me... don't even get me started

@ Girlystevedave Well, they're not so secret now, are they? .... There is a Public secret handshake and then a secret secret handshake but I can't talk about that one until I have clocked up 5000 posts here

@ anyone who is listening .......... Is Brian a popular name here...... asking for a friend.

Read every King book except the Dark Tower series. Read one 30 years ago, stared a second but I did not like it. Trying again. Reading the Gunslinger. I believe I read one of the others and not the Gunslinger so when I started the second it made no sense and tossed it aside. Wanted to avoid thinking King was losing his stuff.

@ Girlystevedave Well, they're not so secret now, are they? .... There is a Public secret handshake and then a secret secret handshake but I can't talk about that one until I have clocked up 5000 posts here

Haha. And then I'm guessing there's a secret secret secret handshake that doesn't even "exist", huh?

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~Fernandito

Read every King book except the Dark Tower series. Read one 30 years ago, stared a second but I did not like it. Trying again. Reading the Gunslinger. I believe I read one of the others and not the Gunslinger so when I started the second it made no sense and tossed it aside. Wanted to avoid thinking King was losing his stuff.

Welcome!

"Any area of collecting only becomes really worth it when shared with like minded people"-Alec aka Anonymous

Welcome to the site!
I'm so jealous that you're reading for the first time around. You've found a great place to discuss everything as you go, but beware of spoilers.

Forgot to quote you in my reply! Thanks for the welcome and the tip about spoilers. Have you read all of his books already?

Yes to all of the Dark Tower books, but no to all of King's other books. I've read almost everything, but still have a few on my to-read list.
What about you? Is The Dark Tower your first King read?

Admittedly, I've only just started reading for pleasure about six or seven months ago. I saw the DT movie trailer and had been wanting to get into reading for a while at that time so I thought why not start with that. I read Gunslinger and was hooked. Honestly, the ending blew my mind. I powered through until I finished Wizard and Glass and realized I'm missing out on all the connections from his other novels and stories. I decided then I'd read his work in chronological order and ordered a copy of Carrie. I'm now about a quarter of the way through The Stand and still kicking myself for not picking up this hobby much earlier in my life. Yet, the bright side, as you said, is I have SO much left of this amazing author's work to read!

Man, how exciting that you have his entire catalog to explore. You are in for so many great adventures.
So, as far as Dark Tower goes, have you paused at Wizard and Glass for now so you can read his other works?

Sorry for taking so long to reply. Itís been so long since Iíve used a forum that Iíve forgotten how to keep up. Add that to the ever growing list of how Facebook has ruined my life!

Iím very excited about the adventures ahead. The beautiful thing is that with the internet being the wealth of info it is nowadays, I can find an answer to almost any question about any book I may have. Also, thereís always a picture I can find thatíll help me visualize something if needed. Itís great!

Yep, I finished Wizard & Glass a few months ago and then read Carrie. Iíve been reading a couple books by other authors in between each SK book and Iím just about to finish the mind blowingly amazing piece of literary fiction that is The Stand. So, still got a ways to go before I resume DT, but Iím not complaining. Just wish I was a little bit quicker of a reader, but thereís a bright side to that being Iíll never get to a point in my life where I donít have something great to read.